Amazon impresses with a convoy of Mercedes eActros 600
- Published on 12/11/2025 12:50
- Modified on 12/11/2025 12:51
The Amazon platform is accelerating its shift to electric with the receipt of its first Mercedes eActros 600 trucks in the United Kingdom.
This is an image that would have seemed impossible just five years ago: a convoy of Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 trucks, branded Amazon, silently gliding along British motorways. No diesel rumble, no plume of black smoke from the exhaust. Just a quiet electric hum. The eActros, a 100% electric long-haul truck, has just entered service in Amazon’s logistics fleet in the UK. A spectacular milestone, but not yet a revolution.
Amazon is no stranger to electric vehicles: already equipped with thousands of Rivian electric vans in the United States and Mercedes eSprinters in Europe, the company is now extending its decarbonization strategy to heavy transport. Its record order of more than 200 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 trucks aims to reduce the carbon footprint of its inter-center connections, those journeys of several hundred kilometers linking warehouses and logistics hubs.
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A bold bet, as road freight still accounts for nearly a quarter of CO₂ emissions in the European transport sector. According to the European Commission, a single long-distance diesel truck emits on average 900 grams of CO₂ per kilometer. For a fleet like Amazon’s, switching to electric could avoid up to 60,000 tons of CO₂ per year, according to cross-checked estimates by Daimler Truck and the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight.
Beneath the green rhetoric lies also an economic logic. An electric truck currently costs nearly twice as much as a comparable diesel model. But Mercedes-Benz and Amazon are betting on lower operating costs: fewer moving parts, less maintenance, and above all, electricity that is often 50% cheaper per kilometer than diesel… provided green supply contracts and internal charging stations are used.
Amazon does not disclose the total cost of this transition, but internal projections indicate a return on investment in 6 to 8 years, the expected lifespan of the battery pack.
A shift Europe can no longer ignore
The announcement by Amazon and Mercedes-Benz goes beyond the UK context. It reflects a strategic shift in heavy transport: the scheduled end of diesel by 2040 in Europe is pushing all players to invest, even though the charging network is not yet ready.
Mercedes-Benz Trucks has already announced plans to offer more than 40 variants of its eActros (2 or 3 battery packs, multiple wheelbases, two cabins). Other manufacturers are following suit: Volvo FH Electric, DAF XD Electric, Scania Super BEV, Renault. All are counting on European “zero emission” corridors set to connect major ports and logistics centers by 2030.
But to make this transition stick, states, energy providers, and manufacturers will have to unite their efforts to build what is still missing: the network, reliability, and transparency about the true carbon cost of “zero emission”.
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This page is translated from the original post "Amazon impressionne avec un convoi de Mercedes eActros 600" in French.
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